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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FLOWER-FORM PLAQUE,
Lot 1 PROPERTY FROM THE LIZZADRO COLLECTION

A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FLOWER-FORM PLAQUE,

YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368),

Closed8 October 2014

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USD 2,250

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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FLOWER-FORM PLAQUE,
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368),
one carved with a central chrysanthemum flower, the reverse carved with eight overlapping 'petals' that spiral out from a yinyang symbol in the center; the other similarly carved; Together with a pale greenish-white jade plaque with a chilong seated on a pedestal, Qing dynasty
2 7/8 and 2 1/8in. (7.3 and 5.3cm.) diameter, and 1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) high

Lizzadro Collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired prior to 1960.

Specialist note

The jade flower-shaped plaque is stylistically similar to one dated Yuan dynasty, illustrated by James C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, The Asia Society, New York, 1980, p. 187, no. 163; and another illustrated in Exquisite Jade Carving, The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 1996, p. 215.